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January and the beginning of February in the present year^ 

 I am enabled to place on record ten more species, and at the 

 same time to add a few supplementary notes to Mr. "White- 

 head's paper. 



Phylloscopus xanthodryas^ Swinhoe. 



One male specimen^ shot in January. New to the Palawan 

 sub-group, though recorded several times as a winter 

 migrant to Northern Borneo. 



CiTTOciNCLA NiGRAj Sharpc. 



I found these birds fairly common in the belt of dense 

 jungle lining the sea-shore. Like C. stricklandi and C. suavis, 

 they are extremely shy^ and never frequent the close vicinity 

 of human habitations^ wherein they differ conspicuously 

 from their close allies the Copsychi. The latter birds show 

 even a preference for cultivated grounds and for houses, 

 perching on the verandah-rails and singing to their hearts' 

 content in the presence of the occupants, and hopping into 

 the rooms to pick up food beneath the tables, when they 

 think they are unobserved. The song of Cittocincia nigra, 

 at any rate when pairing, bears a close general similarity to 

 that of Copsychus musicus and C. amoenus, but its range of 

 notes is perhaps scarcely so considerable and the voice is 

 weaker. 



Orthotomus ruficeps (Less.). 



Mr. Whitehead notes that this Tailor-bird was scarce in 

 Palawan, but I have found it abundant in the shore-jungle. 

 The belt of forest lining the shore in Palawan is characterized 

 by the invariable presence of this and the preceding species, 

 together with a number of others, viz., Mixornis woodi, JEgi- 

 thina viridis, Buchanga palaivanensis, Rhipidura nigritorquis, 

 jEthopyga shelleyi, Chalcostetha insignis, Cinnyris aurora, 

 Anthreptes malaccensis, Calornis panayensis, and Megapodius 

 cumingi. Of course, a great many other species are met 

 with, but those mentioned above may be always found in 

 such situations. 



MOTACILLA FLAVA, L. 



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